A new study shows there's an increase in the number of women who are inquiring about abortions and deciding to get one. Reports show calls to the National Network of Abortion Funds help line have nearly quadrupled from a year ago. And Planned Parenthood clinics in Illinois and in the St. Louis area saw abortion numbers go up over the last year. Some of these women say they were motivated by economic worries.
These numbers may be different here in Western New York. The Director of Marketing and Communications for Planned Parenthood of Western New York in Buffalo says it's still too early to tell. "I think what I do know is the C-D-C and many of the organizations that track abortion rates and unintended pregnancy rates lag about three years," Amy White, the Director of Marketing and Communications for Planned Parenthood, said. "It will be some time before we can say the economy was somehow causal here."
White does say there seems to be changes when it comes to birth control choices and some women are choosing to go the less expensive route which may not be as effective. "Rely on non prescription based forms of birth control... like condoms, spermicides... and those things may be less effective than the daily hormonal contraceptive... and those things are also cheaper," White said.
Some local anti-abortion groups say, for the women who do have an unintended pregnancy and don't think they have enough money to support a child, there is help out there to keep the child. "We make available to mothers or families who are are having those doubts... provide a number of things, furniture, clothing, housing... help with medical," Stasia Vogel, President of the Buffalo Regional Right To Life Committee, said. "Never never give up... turn to people who will help and there are people who can help you."
In this report, some doctors and clinics are also reporting that many men are having vasectomies because they cannot afford a child.
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